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Habit formation and rational addiction : a field experiment in handwashing
Hussam, Reshmaan; Rabbani, Atonu; Reggiani, Giovanni; … - 2017
We test the main predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing. To track habit formation, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing some households about a future...
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Persuasion against self-control problems
Wangenheim, Jonas von - 2018
I derive a social planner's optimal information design in an environment with quasi-hyperbolic discounting consumers without commitment. Consumption induces instantaneous utility, but unknown delayed cost. Consumers may or may not acquire additional costless information on the cost parameter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902726
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The dynamics of inattention in the (baseball) field
Archsmith, James; Heyes, Anthony; Neidell, Matthew; … - 2021
Recent theoretical and empirical work characterizes attention as a limited resource that decision-makers strategically allocate. There has been less research on the dynamic interdependence of attention: how paying attention now may affect performance later. In this paper, we exploit...
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Mind, Rationality, and Cognition : An Interdisciplinary Debate
Chater, Nick - 2017
This article features an interdisciplinary debate and dialogue about the nature of mind, perception, and rationality … biology — offer critiques and commentaries of a target article by Felin, Koenderink, and Krueger: “Rationality, Perception … concerning rationality and the all-seeing-eye argument, including the nature of judgment and reasoning, biases versus heuristics …
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Limited self-knowledge and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philipp - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of selfreports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605001
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Coordination with Rational Inattention
Yang, Ming - 2012
We study information acquisition in a coordination game with incomplete information. To capture the idea that players can flexibly decide what information to acquire, we do not impose any physical restriction on feasible information structure. Facing an informational cost measured by reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114641
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Competing to Persuade a Rationally Inattentive Agent
Jain, Vasudha - 2020
Firms strategically disclose product information in order to attract consumers, butrecipients often find it costly to process all of it, especially when products have complexfeatures. We study a model of competitive information disclosure by two senders, inwhich the receiver may garble each...
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles - 2014
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of … evolutionary theory of household behavior is to improve upon the neoclassical theory of household behavior by replacing the … neoclassical assumption of selfish utility maximization with bounded rationality and satisficing and by incorporating the reaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390070
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles - 2014
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of … evolutionary theory of household behavior is to improve upon the neoclassical theory of household behavior by replacing the … neoclassical assumption of selfish utility maximization with bounded rationality and satisficing and by incorporating the reaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390395
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Consumer Choice Rule While Examing Similar Consumption Bundles : Rational Choice to Behavioural Bias
Vikramaditya, Vibhu - 2021
The study tries to recognize the behaviour of the consumer with respect to the opportunity cost and marginal benefit associated with the commodity. The research tries to evaluate the factors and identify behavioural traits of consumers if they exist in decision making. The study also tries to...
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